I'd argue that those things hurt more, but perhaps that is a discussion for better times.

[And moreover a statement of the obvious. Alucard has not mistaken Thancred as an unthoughtful man, and he wouldn't dare presume to say as such now.

Ahead, the fog of the forest rolls by on the lightest of winds, a few stray leaves following. If nothing else, this place has quiet going for it. An almost splendid isolation.]

I've been having the same issue. [So have many, it seems.] Tell me, did you find the issue to become worse when in conversation with others with the same affliction?